Bristol
Artists

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

(Live Album) – SPIN CLASS

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

1000 Legs

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

100rys

Bristol · Massive Attack

3D / Robert Del Naja

Massive Attack co-founder, composer and artist behind Battle Box; co-curator and contributor to the Life Support soundtrack.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

3Kingz

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

3Morph

Confirmed Bristol connection

A 2 Story Collapse

Alternative-rock and punk band formed in Bristol.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

A Little Sound, Kelvin 373, Selecta J-Man & Aries

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

A theory of Lavender

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

A-Gain

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

A.Wild

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

A\D D/L

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Ab Crab

Bristol, UK

Absolute Unit

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

ACP

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Adam Killey

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Adam Y

Confirmed Bristol connection

Addison Groove

Bristol-based producer, formerly known as Headhunter, combining UK bass music with Chicago juke and footwork.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Adred & Manos

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Agnostic Clown

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Airflo

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Al Swainger

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Al¡sta¡r

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Alan Stilton

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Album Signing – Tom Odell

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Aldous Harding

Bristol-born, Brighton-based

Alina

Visiting Bristol · live show

Alison Moyet

Confirmed Bristol connection

Allium

Bristol alternative-rock band blending punk, rock and emo influences.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Alpha

Bristol, UK

ALR

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Alta

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Alva Recek

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Alzoc III

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Amoss

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Amoss & Bassi

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

ANDATA & 2HOT2PLAY

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Anecho

Confirmed Bristol connection

Angel Mel

Bristol-born DJ, radio presenter and festival compere playing genre-blending sets.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Anki

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Annie Gardiner

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Anton Pearson

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Anvo

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Arcane ft. Dub Princess

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

ARLO

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Arlow & No_Name

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Armton

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Around About Dusk

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Artificial Red

Confirmed Bristol connection

Athelney

Bristol alternative-rock band formed by Patrick Drake, incorporating indie, folk, soul and pop.

Featured in Bristol Music Weekly

Audio

Drum-and-bass producer featured through Neuroheadz. A label selection; no Bristol base claimed.

Confirmed Bristol connection

Audioflux

Bristol music collective making dark, industrial and bass-heavy music.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

ava zarate

Bristol, UK

Avicide

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Avon Terror Corps

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Awaywithroses

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Axel Boy & Princess Superstar

Bristol, UK

Axle

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Aydn

Bristol, UK

B of Briz

Bristol rapper and spoken-word artist making feminist alternative hip-hop with trip-hop, trap and unusual instrumental influences.

Featured in Bristol Music Weekly

B_Man

B_Man, featured in Bristol Music Weekly’s 17–23 October 2026 edition with Dawn.

Confirmed Bristol connection

Baby Deltic

Bristol-based art-rock four-piece combining krautrock rhythms, country-rock textures and psychedelia.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Backsy

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

BAKEY

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Batu & Donato Dozzy

Visiting Bristol · live show

Ben Ellis

Featured in Bristol Music Weekly

Benedikt Frey

German producer featured through a release on Bristol label Club Blanco.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Benjamin Samuels

Confirmed Bristol connection

Betsy Mae

London- and Bristol-based DJ selecting jungle, footwork and bass-heavy electronic music.

Confirmed Bristol connection

Bigger Boat DJs

DJ project led by Bristol-based artists Tim Spencer and Olly Sundown, spanning yacht rock, ambient techno and pop.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Bill Next, Bigspin

Confirmed Bristol connection

Bimba

Bristol-based DJ exploring nostalgic sounds across genres.

Featured in Bristol Music Weekly

Blackjack

Bristol-born producer Daniel Ankrah, based in Fishponds.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Blanket Journalist

Confirmed Bristol connection

Blinders

Bristol DJ whose sets span house, UK garage and drum & bass.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Blue Regular

Confirmed Bristol connection

Blushed

Bristol-based five-piece psychedelic-rock band influenced by The Dandy Warhols, The Brian Jonestown Massacre and New Order.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Bobby Burr

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Bodu Vega

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Bomilia

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Borai

From Bristol

Bozos

Rock’n’roll band from Bristol, UK.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Brain & Speaker Louis

Featured in 3 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Break

Bristol, UK

Brett Lewis

Bristol instrumental composer and multi-instrumentalist influenced by Mike Oldfield, David Bedford, jazz and blues.

Visiting Bristol · live show

Bridge City Sinners

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Bristol Mafia

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Bruk

Confirmed Bristol connection

Bruno & The Outrageous Methods of Presentation

Bristol musician making energetic, melodic guitar music; also billed as Bruno BOMP.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Bruno and the Outrageous Methods of Presentation

Confirmed Bristol connection

Buena Bristol Social Club

Bristol project led by trumpeter Michel Padrón, bringing Cuban music and Latin jazz to local stages.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Bugslife

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

C-DU, Telm & Wilson

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Caelestra

Confirmed Bristol connection

Callout

Bristol rock band appearing at The Thunderbolt with The Vineyard Vendetta and Mild West.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Candymouse

Bristol, UK

Capper Pass

Bristol electronic duo whose project began in Bedminster, combining experimental hip-hop, ambient music and industrial sound design.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Carnivorous Plants

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Caru

Confirmed Bristol connection

Caruti

Welsh DJ based in Bristol and a member of The Hunz, selecting progressive house, electro and trance.

Confirmed Bristol connection

Cesca May

Bristol singer blending jazz, soul and funk with her live band.

Confirmed Bristol connection

Charlie Hula

Bristol-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, born in Brighton, drawing on rock, psychedelia and folk.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Chez

Confirmed Bristol connection

Chris Rule

Bristol artist performing original music on the Red Lion local bill.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Christie Griffin Duo

Featured in Bristol Music Weekly

Chrome

Drum-and-bass producer featured with Tic Tac on Bristol label Sofa Sound. Distinct from Chrome Waves.

Featured in Bristol Music Weekly

Chrome Waves

Chrome Waves, featured in Bristol Music Weekly’s 17–23 October 2026 edition with The Beats - Chrome Sweet Chrome.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Circa

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Claire Vine

Bristol, UK

Classic Trucks

Bristol solo project of Josh Jarman, also known for Langkamer and Breakfast, spanning indie-pop, folk and alt-country.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Claude Cooper ft. Joe Talbot

Bristol-based

Claudine

Bristol five-piece playing soft-psych folk-pop with guitars, synths and saxophone.

Featured in Bristol Music Weekly

Clerc

Clerc is the new alias of Bristol producer Will Bowen, also known as Pluralist.

Bristol label release · artist base not independently confirmed

Clifford

House and garage artist credited on Easy / Underground, released through Bristol label FatBelly.

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Clown Army

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Coalessant

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Code Red

Bristol-based

Concrete Disco

Bristol electronica trio combining electronic indie-pop, mashups and breakbeat-driven music.

Confirmed Bristol connection

Confit Dub

Bristol-based live electronic act and DJ, also known as Bruno Dimitrov.

Bristol, UK

Constrict

Confirmed Bristol connection

Copper Sounds

Bristol electronic duo building club rhythms from copper dubplates, ceramics and other resonant materials.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Corner of the Garden

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Cosmic Angst

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Counter Culture

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Couples Holiday

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Crashland

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Creatures

Confirmed Bristol connection

Cromie

Milan-born, Bristol-based DJ and Basso Profilo founder moving across techno, global bass, baile funk and speed dembow.

Confirmed Bristol connection

Cryptbreaker

Bristol blackened-hardcore band.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Cryptworm

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Crystal Clear & Clearance

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Culplex

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Cyst

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

D’Cypher

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

D&G

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Daffy

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Daisy Moon

Confirmed Bristol connection

Dan Johnson

Bristol percussionist and improviser working across experimental music and performance.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Dan Pollard

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Darken

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Datkid

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Davey Woodward

Bristol, UK

David Bence

Bristol musician whose Bandcamp catalogue includes ambient and guitar-based work, releasing through the davros1 account.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

David Hares

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Deepenuv x Gudiel

Bristolian band

DEQUINCEY

Bristol band appearing alongside Pills for Tomorrow, VETNA and SCOREBOARD at Zed Alley.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Desolder

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Detta Kenzie, Phil Beer

Bristol, UK

Dewer

Bristol stoner-doom band behind The Whisht Hunt, appearing at Moor Beer Co for Halloween.

Featured in Bristol Music Weekly

Dielun

UK-based vocalist and songwriter, born in Trinidad and Tobago. Featured as a guest selection; no Bristol base claimed.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Diethyl

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Digsby

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Diksha

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

DIMESHIFT

Confirmed Bristol connection

Disaffected

Bristol electronic duo working across breakbeat, garage and electro.

From Bristol

Disorder

Veteran Bristol hardcore and street-punk band.

Bristol, UK

Diz Undone

Bristol multi-instrumentalist, MC, singer and producer formerly known as Dizraeli, working across alternative hip-hop and bass music.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

DJ Bunjy & MC Joe Peng

Featured in 3 Bristol Music Weekly editions

DJ Die

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

DLR

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

DLR / Alix Perez

Confirmed Bristol connection

Docile

Bristol band working across blackened crust punk and queercore.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

DoE

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Doedagenius

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Doktor Duff

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Dom Carlo

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Dominic Ridgway

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Doomscrolling

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Dot to Dot Festival

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Dr Dubplate

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Dr Dubplate & Makenzi

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Dr Meaker

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Dream Wave

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Dreamwave

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Drearleader

Bristol, UK

Drone

Bristol electronic producer releasing bass music, including work with 1985 Music.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Droogs

Confirmed Bristol connection

Duality

Bristol-based DJ working in high-energy electronic club music.

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Dub Head

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Dub Mantra

Bristol label release · artist base not independently confirmed

Dubruvvas

Bass-music production act featured through Notions / Mic Man on Bristol label Transparent Audio.

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Dufresne

Confirmed Bristol connection

Dust Cup Release

Bristol four-piece pairing reflective songwriting with atmospheric instrumentation.

Confirmed Bristol connection

Dwellers

Bristol band playing indie pop-punk and skate-punk.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Ead Wood

Confirmed Bristol connection

Earl Grey

Four-piece band from Bristol.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Echo Den

Featured in Bristol Music Weekly

echochamber

echochamber, featured in Bristol Music Weekly’s 17–23 October 2026 edition with nothingchanges.

Featured in Bristol Music Weekly

Eddie Mole

Eddie Mole, featured in Bristol Music Weekly’s 17–23 October 2026 edition with Simon's Song.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Eddie Parker’s Airborn with Rob Luft

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Eden Machine

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Eden Samara

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Edgar MB

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Einsam

Featured in 4 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Elder Island

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Elea Calvet

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Elly Hopkins

Confirmed Bristol connection

EM PRESSURE

Bristol-based DJ selecting dub, steppas, 140 and breaks.

Confirmed Bristol connection

Emilia and the Unknown

Bristol punk-rock group.

Confirmed Bristol connection

Emilia Slade

Bristol trans singer-songwriter whose solo performances and band Emilia and the Unknown draw on punk rock.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Emily Magpie

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

En:vy

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Endorphine

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

ENiGMA Dubz, Mystic State

Confirmed Bristol connection

Epimetheus

Bristol band making heavy, psychedelic doom music.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Errands

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Escape Square

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Etbonz

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Euphoria Dubs

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Eve Appleton Band

Confirmed Bristol connection

Eveline

Bristol electronic-goth solo artist creating self-produced, synth-led songs.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Everest Dub

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

exactly why it gets Song of the Week .

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

ExtraMedium

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Exult & The Neuroheadz

Bristol, UK

Faulty Lights

Bristol-based electronic producer exploring nostalgic sounds, chillwave and synthwave.

Visiting Bristol · live show

Fear Factory

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Fearful

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Fearless Dread

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Fela Dakota

Confirmed Bristol connection

Felonious Funk

Bristol-based function band playing jazz, funk and soul.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Felov

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Felov, T.R.A.C.K, Luke Truth

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Fex the Kid

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Fex the Kid, Duality

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Fidget

Confirmed Bristol connection

Fire Fight

Hardcore band formed in Bristol, playing fast, aggressive music.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Firewoodisland

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

FlatFace

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Fletcher Dunn

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Flickers from the Fen

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Fonzo

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

FORC3

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Forget Them Wendy

Confirmed Bristol connection

Fork For Scale

Bristol psychedelic nu-jazz quintet blending groove-led rhythms and jazz-funk.

Featured in Bristol Music Weekly

Fractal Forest

Fractal Forest, featured in Bristol Music Weekly’s 17–23 October 2026 edition with Resurgence.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Framboisier

Bristol band

FREAKSHOW

Bristol band appearing with reformed Oxford indie group Beaker and Wine on a Wednesday at The Thunderbolt.

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Fred V

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Fred V & Grace Barton

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Fred V & Grafix

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Fred V & WHAT EVA

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Fred V, Krakota & Lottie Jones

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

FTRRLT

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Fury Road

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Gardna & Shapes

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Gas No Light

Bristol-based

gaws

Bristol-based post-punk band combining blues, psychedelia and high-energy rock.

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Genic

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

georg-i & Older Brother

Featured in 3 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Getdown Services

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Ghola

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

GiantStates

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Gimic

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

GNASCH

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Grafix

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Grandma Love

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Grandmas House

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Grove

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Guerrilla Kerby & leo sierra

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Guillotine

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

GZY

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Hackwaves

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Hardcore Energy

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Harley D & Jakes

Confirmed Bristol connection

Harmonia

Bristol femme-led DJ collective bringing high-energy selections to the dancefloor.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Harvey Clay

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

HAVA

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

HAWKSMOOR

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Haytor

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Head Plant

Confirmed Bristol connection

Heartwood Chorus

Bristol folk choir performing original arrangements of traditional songs and contemporary folk music.

Bristol, UK

Heavy Lungs

Bristol band working across punk, garage rock and post-punk.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Henry & Louis meets Blue & Red

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Henry CS

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Henry Greenleaf

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Heron

Bristol-based

Hesta Banks

Bristol-based singer-songwriter whose work includes jazz-influenced music and the 2024 debut album Eyes Forward.

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

High West

Featured in 3 Bristol Music Weekly editions

HiJINX

Confirmed Bristol connection

Hissy Fist

Bristol political-punk band combining noisy riffs, vocal harmonies and driving percussion.

Confirmed Bristol connection

Hitmarka

Bristol punk band known for fast riffs and energetic performances.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

HLRTY

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

HLZ

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Hoax

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Hodge

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Hodge

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Holly Carter

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Homefield Studios

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Homepage

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Hot Lobby

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

House of Fraser

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Hugh Hardie ft. Cimone

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Humb

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Hyrah

Bristol-based artist

I-Sha-Vii

Bristol-based singer-songwriter Nina Sawicka, performing Americana and folk material as I-Sha-Vii. For this Folk House date she appears as a duo with Michael Warburton.

Bristol label releases; artist base not independently confirmed

Idle Means

Drum-and-bass collaboration between Minor Forms and Royce, releasing on Bristol labels including CIA Records and Transparent Audio.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Idles

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Iglooghost

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Ill Truth

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Ill-Fated

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

IMMERSE

Confirmed Bristol connection

In Silver

Bristol-based alternative-folk band with an atmospheric, emotive sound.

Confirmed Bristol connection

Indecision

Bristol-based alt-rock and emo band drawing on the grit and melody of 2000s guitar music.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Informed Speculators

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Inner Echo & Indra MC

Bristol, UK

Inner Echo feat. Youthie

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Ishmael Ensemble

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Ivan Smagghe

Confirmed Bristol connection

Izzit

Bristol DJ appearing on the SlapFunk Bristol bill.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Izzy Tucker

Confirmed Bristol connection

Jabu

Bristol trio combining dream-pop and experimental music.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Jack Hopkins

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Jack Smale

Confirmed Bristol connection

Jad Reza

Singer-songwriter who moved from London to Bristol, combining rock-and-roll vocals with acoustic guitar.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Jai

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Jakabol

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Jakes, Sam Binga & Sir Hiss

Visiting Bristol · gig highlight

James Blake

This is shaping up to be a big one for Bristol. James Blake brings the Trying Times tour to O2 Academy Bristol on Wednesday 28 October, with Monica Martin also on the bill and a listed start of 7pm. His music connects intimate vocal songwriting with electronic production and bass-music roots, making the Academy date a major marker in next week’s diary. Check the official booking page for current availability and final event information.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Janaway

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Janaway feat. MC Tchelinho & Arinola

Confirmed Bristol connection

Jas Myla

Bristol DJ appearing on RAMBLE’s Seb Odyssey bill.

From Bristol

Jed and the Microwave

Bristol rock’n’roll band.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Jessie Grace

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Jimi Needles

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Jman & Burland

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Joe Blow and the Shmoes

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Joe Hamilton

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Joe Koshin & A for Alpha

Confirmed Bristol connection

Joe Shrimpling

Bristol-based folk musician appearing in a duo with Oliver Grinter.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Joe Yorke & The Co-Operators

Bristol-born jazz violinist

John Pearce

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Jon Cross

Confirmed Bristol connection

Jonty

Bristol DJ appearing on RAMBLE’s Seb Odyssey bill.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Joseph McGann

Bristol-based

JOSHWAH

Bristol-based artist combining rap and electronic music in the city’s emerging underground.

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Joss Jakeway-Crooks

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

JotaTrez

Visiting Bristol · live show

Joyce Manor

Confirmed Bristol connection

Junction

Live band project of Bristol-based musician Alfie Demos, drawing on slacker rock, bedroom pop and folk.

Visiting Bristol · live show

Jungle Gathering

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

K-65

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Kahn

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Kahn & Neek

Bristol label release · artist base not independently confirmed

Kaisan T

UK MC collaborating with Dubruvvas and Limmz on Mic Man, released through Bristol label Transparent Audio.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Kalane

Confirmed Bristol connection

Karen Swan

Bristol-based singer, actor and writer blending alternative folk, avant-garde influences and punk energy.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Karen Swan & My Creatures

Bristol project led by Bristol's Harry Birch

Kaya Street

Bristol project led by singer, songwriter and producer Harry Birch, combining Afrobeat, reggae, soul, live horns and electronic production.

Confirmed Bristol connection

Kayla Painter

Bristol-based soundscape artist, producer and DJ working across electronic and ambient music.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Keep Breathing

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Kemikali

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Kevin Figes

Confirmed Bristol connection

Kidsonic

Bristol DJ appearing on Modulate’s Mustard Music bill.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Kin Balam

Confirmed Bristol connection

Kinellmun

Bristol punk trio mixing loud, heartfelt songs with melancholy.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Kip C

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

KIPPO & Mai

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Kippo & Pholo feat. Mai

Bristol, UK

Kleu & Resist feat. Char

Bristol, UK

Klinical

Bristol electronic producer working across drum and bass, deep dubstep, garage and leftfield bass music.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Kndhrt

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

KOAN Sound

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Koax

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Kolter

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Krasia

Confirmed Bristol connection

Krooked Tongue

Bristol alternative-rock trio combining heavy riffs and melodic hooks.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

KRYM

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Kublai

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Kublai & Kathryn Brenna

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Kublai & Minor Forms

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Kublai & Minor Forms

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Kwazi & Indigo49

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Kyrist

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

L Syd

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Lacey

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Lande Hekt

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Langkamer

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Laughing At Oblivion

Bristol-based

Laura Dia

Bristol singer, songwriter and producer blending contemporary R&B, pop and alternative music with Nigerian influences.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Leathers

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Lee

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Leem feat. Boci

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

leo sierra, 4103

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Lexus P

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Lifter

Visiting Bristol · live show

Light Asylum

Visiting Bristol · live show

Lime Garden

From Bristol

Limited Ltd

Bristol femme-led DIY punk outfit.

Bristol label release · artist base not independently confirmed

Limmz

UK MC collaborating with Dubruvvas and Kaisan T on Mic Man, released through Bristol label Transparent Audio.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

LK Drumsystem

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

longman

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Lord Leopard

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Los Dedos

Confirmed Bristol connection

Lost and Found Society

Industrial duo formed in Bristol, combining theatrical performance and electronic influences.

Confirmed Bristol connection

Louie Newlands

Bristol guitarist and improviser working in experimental acoustic music.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Love Saves the Day

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Low End Activist & Tia Talks

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

LP

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Lrusse & Kraymon

Bristol, UK

Lucian Lacewing

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Lurch / RoyGreen & Protone / Collette Warren

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Lying On The Floor

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Lyle! (feat. Emily Rosenfeld)

Confirmed Bristol connection

M/X

Bristol three-piece making loud, energetic alternative music.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Maebe

Bristol, UK

MALADAPTION

Bristol artist working across experimental and industrial hip-hop, noise rap and digital hardcore.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Malago Canyon

Bristol, UK

Man at Sea

Visiting Bristol · live show

Man/Woman/Chainsaw

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Manami

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Mandidextrous & Matt Scratch

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Mandidextrous & Tanukichi

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Mansfield Bloom

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Marco Cargo

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

MARINA P & THE CO-OPERATORS

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Markee Ledge, Megatron MC

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Martin Melody

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Massive Attack

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Master of Go

Bristol, UK

Matt Scratch

Bristol producer making tek and electronic music with fast kick drums, chopped amen breaks and heavy bass.

Featured in Bristol Music Weekly

Matthew Richards

Bristol composer working with ambient, experimental electronics and improvised performance.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Maxumus

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Maxumus & Legal Tender

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

McDowell & Westaway

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

mclusky

Bristol, UK

Mellon

Bristol-based

Merkäta

Bristol-based producer behind The Merkäta Project, a live psychedelic drum & bass collective combining electronic productions with acoustic instruments, vocals and MCing.

Featured in Bristol Music Weekly

Mesh

Mesh, featured in Bristol Music Weekly’s 17–23 October 2026 edition with Fallen Angel.

Confirmed Bristol connection

Mexican Dave

Bristol-based folk-punk artist and songwriter behind the EP Kinda Wasted.

Bristol-based

Michael Warburton

Bristol-based multi-instrumentalist and folk musician who plays with Caution Horses, the Kai Carter Trio and the Pipistrelle String Band.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

MicSmiff

Confirmed Bristol connection

Midnight Finale

Bristol-based four-piece spanning classic rock, blues and psych-infused indie.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Miglė Variakojytė

Bristol, UK

Mike Cosford

Bristol DJ and producer with roots in the South West acid-house scene, now making 1990s-influenced house music.

Bristol, UK

Milo (UK)

Featured in Bristol Music Weekly

Minor Conflict

Minor Conflict, featured in Bristol Music Weekly’s 17–23 October 2026 edition with Surveillance Operator — from Residents.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Minor Science

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Mista Congo & Kemikali

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Mista E

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Mitsubio

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Moekel

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Mono Dots

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Moonlight Sequence

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Morrow

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Mortal Filth

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Mosaic

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Mother Vulture

Bristol, UK

Mothra Molasses

Bristol artist working with experimental hip-hop, beats and lo-fi production.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Motion Severn feat. Da Fuchaman

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Motman & Beat Mason

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Motman ft. Wish Master & Gaza Glock

Formed in Bristol

Motorik Road Trip

Instrumental trio formed in Bristol in 2022, combining heavy psychedelia, hypnotic grooves and stoner/doom riffs.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Mould

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

MOULD, Perfect Binding

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Moussa Kouyate

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

MPXX

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Mulholland & Elpac

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Mumble Tide

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Mun Sing

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Munki

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Murkage, Vibe Chemistry, Devilman & Jman

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Muz Tha Don & Traumkl

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

My Nu Leng

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Myeru Clark

Confirmed Bristol connection

Mystic State

Bristol production duo blending jungle, dub and atmospheric electronica.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Mystic State ft. Phaeleh

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

NADĪ ft. Iyaalu

Featured in Bristol Music Weekly

Nap Time

Bristol duo Luke Marker and Jack Halpin, based around Gloucester Road.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Natalie Fée

Confirmed Bristol connection

Natalie Holmes

Bristol-based alternative-pop songwriter exploring intimate and experimental sounds.

Confirmed Bristol connection

Necronomicunt

Bristol band combining punk and doom influences.

Confirmed Bristol connection

Neev

Bristol DJ working across garage, 140, house and bassline.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Neureille

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Nia Archives & Clipz

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Night Swimming

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Nik Fury

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Nile Robinson

Visiting Bristol · live show

nimino

Confirmed Bristol connection

Nish Rana

Bristol artist performing original music on the Red Lion local bill.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

NJ Newell

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

No Nation

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Nooch x Jappa

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Noru

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Nossienne

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Np3

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

O.Love

Featured in 3 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Objectiv

Confirmed Bristol connection

OFFCUT

Bristol-based four-piece alternative-punk band.

Confirmed Bristol connection

Old Moll

Bristol-based artist drawing on folklore and storytelling.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Old Red Moon

Confirmed Bristol connection

Oliver Grinter

Bristol-based folk musician appearing in a duo with Joe Shrimpling.

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

OM Unit

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Onegin

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Open Return

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Origins

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Ossia

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Pablo Jimenez-Moreno

Bristol-based rock band

Pack of Animals

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Paladin

Confirmed Bristol connection

Palemoon

Bristol five-piece drawing together its members’ varied musical backgrounds.

Featured in Bristol Music Weekly

PAN-AFRIKANA

Collaboration between Bristol-based Kemikali and Guinean artist Mista Congo.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Pana Dub, Lys Darkgyal

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Para

Confirmed Bristol connection

Patsy Delve

Drag alter ego of Bristol musician Noah Radley, drawing on vintage pop and experimental guitar music.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Pattern

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Peach

Confirmed Bristol connection

Peasants

Bristol punk band combining blackened and oi! influences.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Perpetual Present

Bristol, UK

PERSONAS

Bristol producer and DJ combining 140, dubstep and grime with orchestral and video-game-score influences.

Visiting Bristol · live show

Pete & Bas

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Pete Josef

Confirmed Bristol connection

Pete Judge

Bristol musician and composer presenting his SOLOISH project.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Phantom Droid

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Philiski

Featured in 3 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Philski

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Phinn

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Phlegmonade

Bristol-based

Phoenix-Flare

Bristol electronic duo making atmospheric synthwave, with Chris Bird on vocals and James Bragg on synths and sequences.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Phossa

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Pictureframes

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Pilot Scheme

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Pilot Whale Research

Bristol-based

PitFeeders

Bristol two-piece playing heavy alternative rock.

Bristol, UK

Pocket

Bristol pop-punk band with garage and punk-rock influences.

Featured in Bristol Music Weekly

Pocket Sun

Pocket Sun, featured in Bristol Music Weekly’s 17–23 October 2026 edition with Watercolours.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Polhawan

From Bristol

Poor Old Dogs

Bristol folk band combining UK and Irish traditional music with original songs.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Porridge Radio

Bristol, UK

Portway

Bristol electronic artist whose catalogue includes 8z-Sylver and I-Field / Unity, with previews shared through SoundCloud.

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Primitive Instinct

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Profiler

Confirmed Bristol connection

ProperJob Collective

Bristol seven-piece collective combining hip-hop, jazz and improvisation.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Pylonism

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Quiche Chegwin

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

R+R

Confirmed Bristol connection

Racehorse

Bristol alternative-punk band combining gruff vocals with melodic guitar music.

Bristol, UK

Ramu

Bristol, UK

RANK

Bristol hardcore-punk band celebrating the release of Guilt Parade.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Rate & Follow

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Razzomo

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Re:growth & Teej

Bristol-based

Rebel Soul

Bristol vocalist working across neo-soul and reggae, developing original material through Saffron Music.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Redbox Transmission

Confirmed Bristol connection

Regina Collage

Ukrainian avant-pop artist based in Bristol, combining synthesizers, airy vocals, noise and bass guitar.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Reso

Confirmed Bristol connection

Resurrection Men

Bristol heavy-rock band with members connected to SANS, Modern Rituals, Rothmans and Talons.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Revan & Kiah

Bristol-based

Reverb Bistro

Bristol-based DJ collective and roaming party selecting genre-fluid dance music across older records and contemporary electronic sounds.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Revolve

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Ride Ravers

Bristol, UK

rippy

Bristol electronic producer releasing UK garage, speed garage and bass music.

Confirmed Bristol connection

Roaming Data

Bristol producer and DJ working across bass, house, electro and breakbeat.

Bristol, UK

Rob Lock

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Robbie & Mona

Visiting Bristol · gig highlight

Robbie Cavanagh

Manchester singer-songwriter Robbie Cavanagh returns to Bristol for a full-band headline show at Exchange on 20 November, following appearances at St George’s earlier this year. His new single Do What You Like is out today, produced by Idlewild’s Rod Jones with harmonies from California trio Rainbow Girls. It tackles betrayal with humour and defiance, ahead of an album planned for spring 2027. This belongs firmly in our visiting-artists diary, and the intimate Exchange Basement date is one to look forward to.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Robin Vale

Confirmed Bristol connection

Roc

Bristol-based DJ and producer working across UK garage and bass music.

Bristol hometown show

Roni Size & Reprazent

Bristol, UK

Roxane Barrow

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Roy Bar

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

RS Tangent

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Run Logan Run

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Run Logan Run, Samuel Fox, mossfellow

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Ruth Royall

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

S.Murk

Bristol, UK

S.P.Y

Drum-and-bass producer and DJ whose official Bandcamp profile lists Bristol, with releases on Hospital Records and his own DARKMTTR label.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

S.P.Y feat. The Melody Men

Confirmed Bristol connection

Safiye

Bristol DJ and promoter selecting house, techno, electro and disco; a Love Inn and SWU.FM resident.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Salander

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Saloon Dion

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Sam Avantí

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Sam Binga, Machinedrum & Cesco

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Sam Binga, Sir Hiss, COIDO

Confirmed Bristol connection

Sam Braithwaite

Bristol singer-songwriter, formerly of The Southernaires, whose solo work includes Two Fingers.

Bristol-born and based, artist submission

Sam Eason

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Sam Krats

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Samba, Rochy Romero & Sam Binga

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Sap Green, Dolly Doo

Confirmed Bristol connection

SASK

Bristol-based DJ and bassist exploring electronic music with an emphasis on groove and percussion.

Bristol, UK

SCALER

Bristol electronic band combining machine-driven production with noise, punk and techno influences.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Scaler ft. Art School Girlfriend

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Scare Bears

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Schadenfreude

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Scuffed

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Scuffed & Sista Lisa

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Scuttle

Confirmed Bristol connection

Seizure Salad

Riot grrrl and punk band originally from Exeter, now based in Bristol.

Bristol, UK

September Song

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Serpnt

Confirmed Bristol connection

severine

Bristol-based DJ, curator and promoter working across dubstep, techno, electro, IDM and soundsystem music.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Severn Songs

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Shame

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Simon Hedges

Confirmed Bristol connection

Sir Hiss

Bristol-born producer working across grime, electro and UK club music.

Bristol-based

SKANKt

Bristol seven-piece combining groove-rock, horns and ska/offbeat influences, active since 1999.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Skinny Tallss

Bristol-based, formed in Pembrokeshire

SLAK

SLAK are a four-piece formed in Pembrokeshire and now based in Bristol. Their music draws on indie rock, post-punk, post-hardcore and alternative rock.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

SLAV MAN & RONZZ

Featured in 3 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Slowe

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Smith & Mighty

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Solace in Sound

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

SOLAIR.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Sophira

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Sophrosyne

Visiting Bristol · live show

South Summit

Bristol, UK

Southsection

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Space Disco Wizard

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Spektiv, Umbra, Killa P

Confirmed Bristol connection

Spin Class

Bristol heavy rock band mixing psychedelic textures and progressive rock.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Spinback

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Split Chain

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Split Dogs

Confirmed Bristol connection

Split Prophets

Bristol hip-hop collective established in 2011, pairing lyric-driven rap with independent production.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Splitchain

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Sprat

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Squid

Confirmed Bristol connection

Stand To Order

Bristol post-rock band making experimental, expressive music.

Bristol-based

Stargirrl

Bristol-based artist blending grime, house, dub poetry and electronic music. Born in Birmingham.

Bristol, UK

Stateofunrest

Bristol political-rock project associated with free radio and the Pirates for Peace movement.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Stay Lunar

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Steppin’ Tones

Visiting Bristol · live show

Steve Hackett

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Stevie Toddler

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Stevo the Bass feat. Ras Tinny

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Strange Futures

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Sub Basics

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Sugar Horse

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Sunflower Princess

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Sunglasz Vendor

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Sunshine

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Super-Frog Saves Tokyo

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Superseed

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Suspect Your Elders

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Swarken-Fluxx

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Swelt

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Swept

Visiting Bristol · live show

Swiftogeddon

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Sxmurvi

Featured in Bristol Music Weekly

Sylla & wav16

Sylla & wav16, featured in Bristol Music Weekly’s 17–23 October 2026 edition with EAST STREET BABY.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

T-Lex, Loboski & Grace Barton

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

T>I

Confirmed Bristol connection

Tara Clerkin Trio

Bristol trio formed in 2020 by Tara Clerkin, Sunny Joe Paradisos and Patrick Benjamin.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Tasty Odin

Confirmed Bristol connection

TBH

Bristol DJ collective formed by Tully, Brogan and Hannah, selecting groove-led dance music.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Teej

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Teej ft. Freddy B

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Tenalach

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

TERRORPLEX

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

The Actions

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

The Brackish

Visiting Bristol · gig highlight

The Bracknall

Essex band The Bracknall bring their ambitious guitar music to Exchange on 19 November. Their direct connection with fans is part of the story: the band’s team reports tens of thousands of pounds in pledges helping support the next album, planned for 2027. Recent EP Waiting For The Lights To Change offers a listening route into the songs before the Bristol date. It is a chance to see that community around the band meet one of the city’s key grassroots rooms.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

The Cindys

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

The Clean Up

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

The Greys

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

The Harry Browns

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

The Heads

Visiting Bristol · live show

The Hoosiers

Visiting Bristol · live show

The Lemonheads

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

The Liftmen

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

The Lonely Nuts

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

The Lovely Basement

From Bristol

The MEDZ

Bristol three-piece alt/post-punk band formed in 2025. The band have recorded their debut EP KEEP SMILING.

Confirmed Bristol connection

The Menstrual Cramps

Bristol queer punk band formed in 2017, combining feminist and anti-fascist themes with energetic guitar music.

Confirmed Bristol connection

The Minority

Bristol punk-rock band influenced by melodic punk and pop-punk.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

The Mire

Visiting Bristol · live show

the olllam

Bristol-based

The Ornsteins

Bristol-based band making fuzzy, jangling power pop with indie-pop, classic-rock and punk influences.

Confirmed Bristol connection

The Overmorrow

Bristol five-piece playing original folk rock with Celtic and psychedelic influences.

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

The Pavilion

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

The Sauce

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

The Sauce & Porcelyn

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

The Screaming Dolls

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

The Scuttlers

From Bristol

The Shingalings

Bristol eight-piece collective blending golden-era Latin influences, dance grooves, piano hooks, horns and group vocals.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

The Sklacksons

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

The Spirit Catcher

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

The Sun Vanished

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

The Teknoist, Hellfish & Friends

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

The Tit Mice

Confirmed Bristol connection

The Twelve Hour Foundation

Bristol electronic duo mixing musique concrète, library music and early electronic pop.

Visiting Bristol · live show

Theatre

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

TheLateNightPharmacy

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

These Enigmas

Bristol label release · artist base not independently confirmed

Third Degree

Drum-and-bass artist collaborating with Mystic State on You Are Loved, featured through Bristol label The Chikara Project.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

this rainy decade

Bristol-based

Tighe

Bristol-based DJ and producer working in dubstep, dub techno and soundsystem music.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Tighe & Stringer

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

TJA

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

To Van Kao

Visiting Bristol · live show

Toby Lee

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Tom Encore, Inside Defect, Evergreen

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Tom Wigley, surfbored

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Tomb Ravers

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Toodles & The Hectic Pity

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Trans-Siberian Express

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Transparent Audio

Bristol, UK

Treemask

Bristol band working across alternative rock, experimental rock and post-punk.

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

treetoad1000

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Trem 77

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Trem77

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Trex

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Trex, Freddy B, Kathryn Brenna

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Tribal

Confirmed Bristol connection

Tricome

Bristol five-piece dream-pop band pairing dynamic arrangements with ethereal guitars.

Bristol-based artist

True Strays

Bristol duo blending alt-Americana, blues rock and neo-psychedelia. Their catalogue includes Never Ending Sunset, and they support The Cinelli Brothers at Thekla.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Tubby Isiah

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Twin Siblings

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Twinsen

Featured in 2 Bristol Music Weekly editions

Two Swords

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Tyler Tuncer

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Uman

Confirmed Bristol connection

Uncle Harry

Bristol band drawing on Midwest emo, melodic riffs and a DIY approach.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Union Dub Liberation

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Unlimited Vibes

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Untrue

Confirmed Bristol connection

Uphill Game

Bristol acoustic contemporary-jazz quartet exploring groove, melody and improvisation.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Urine Mask

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Urzah

Confirmed Bristol connection

Vacant Shores

Bristol electronic duo working with synth-led arrangements.

Bristol, UK

Various Artists

South West artist · Bristol label connection

Vektah

South West drum-and-bass producer Lawrence Bachell, featured through releases on Bristol’s Symmetry Recordings.

From Bristol

Velocette

Bristol two-piece gothic post-punk band.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Ventex

Italian, now Bristol-based

VETNA

Italian music collective now based in Bristol, appearing on an international shoegaze bill at Zed Alley.

Bristol-based

Vice beats

Bristol-based producer presenting An Afternoon of Dilla in collaboration with Official Ma Dukes.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Vice Beats, Righkeysonly & Louis Stone

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Victims Of Zero

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Victoria Klewin

Visiting Bristol · live show

Violet Grohl

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Visionobi, R3IDY & Teej

Bristol, UK

Vlad Ill x Wallace the Town Crier

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Voodoo Warriors of Love

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

VOXI & Mindset

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Wardamercy

Bristol-based

Watching From The Sidelines

Bristol alternative rock and grunge band.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Wayra.temple

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Weava

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Wendy Miasma

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

West Country Tippers

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Whodat

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Wildcat Boozy

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Will Clarke

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Will Clarke & Sharlene Hector

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Wipe The Needle & Venuz Beats

From Bristol

Witch Hook

Bristol DIY grunge and gothic-punk band, active since 2021, drawing on 1980s post-punk and 1990s grunge.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Woermhole

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Wolfgang Ayrton Trio

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Wood

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Words of Bruce

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Wuzy Bambussy

Bristol, UK

WZ

Featured in Bristol Music Weekly

X-Ray Ted

X-Ray Ted, featured in Bristol Music Weekly’s 17–23 October 2026 edition with Rain.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Xetch

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Yamatia Records

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Yemz

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Yu Kno

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Zachdiaz

Confirmed Bristol connection

Zed Rex

DJ from Bristol playing melodic garage, bassline and heavier club sounds.

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

zenfish

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Zero T

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Zero T, Aaliyah Esprit

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Zorro, Addicted, Break

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Zukki

Featured in 1 Bristol Music Weekly edition

Zykopat